Bye-bye, chisel!
 

Got a new range hood for the kitchen. I'm up in the attic trying to run
the exhaust vent. There's a 2x6 cleat hanging over the top plate of the wall,
that's in the way of running the duct. No prob. I'll just split the excess off
with a chisel, right?

So I go down to the workshop... this is a rough carpentry job, so I pick up
one of the old beat-up Craftsman chisels and head back to the attic, where I
reach through the access door and lay the hammer and chisel down on the board
that I had previously laid across the joists, and climb through. As I step on
the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board, into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down inside
the wall.

Bye, bye.

The irony is that my good chisels have flats on the handles, and won't roll.
If I'd used one of those, I'd still have it. :-(

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Get a rare-earth magnet and go fishing!

John

Doug Miller wrote:

Got a new range hood for the kitchen. I'm up in the attic trying to run
the exhaust vent. There's a 2x6 cleat hanging over the top plate of the wall,
that's in the way of running the duct. No prob. I'll just split the excess off
with a chisel, right?

So I go down to the workshop... this is a rough carpentry job, so I pick up
one of the old beat-up Craftsman chisels and head back to the attic, where I
reach through the access door and lay the hammer and chisel down on the board
that I had previously laid across the joists, and climb through. As I step on
the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board, into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down inside
the wall.

Bye, bye.

The irony is that my good chisels have flats on the handles, and won't roll.
If I'd used one of those, I'd still have it. :-(

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Rare earth magnet on a string and go fishing for the chisel??

John

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:15:23 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

Got a new range hood for the kitchen. I'm up in the attic trying to run
the exhaust vent. There's a 2x6 cleat hanging over the top plate of the wall,
that's in the way of running the duct. No prob. I'll just split the excess off
with a chisel, right?

So I go down to the workshop... this is a rough carpentry job, so I pick up
one of the old beat-up Craftsman chisels and head back to the attic, where I
reach through the access door and lay the hammer and chisel down on the board
that I had previously laid across the joists, and climb through. As I step on
the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board, into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down inside
the wall.

Bye, bye.

The irony is that my good chisels have flats on the handles, and won't roll.
If I'd used one of those, I'd still have it. :-(

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:15:23 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

Got a new range hood for the kitchen. I'm up in the attic trying to run
the exhaust vent. There's a 2x6 cleat hanging over the top plate of the wall,
that's in the way of running the duct. No prob. I'll just split the excess off
with a chisel, right?

So I go down to the workshop... this is a rough carpentry job, so I pick up
one of the old beat-up Craftsman chisels and head back to the attic, where I
reach through the access door and lay the hammer and chisel down on the board
that I had previously laid across the joists, and climb through. As I step on
the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board, into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down inside
the wall.

Bye, bye.

The irony is that my good chisels have flats on the handles, and won't roll.
If I'd used one of those, I'd still have it. :-(


magnet. telescoping paint roller handle.

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
. com...

So I go down to the workshop... this is a rough carpentry job, so I pick
up
one of the old beat-up Craftsman chisels and head back to the attic, where
I
reach through the access door and lay the hammer and chisel down on the
board
that I had previously laid across the joists, and climb through. As I step
on
the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board,
into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down
inside
the wall.

I kind of enjoy finding tools lost in walls, in cement blocks, under
cabinets, etc., when I do remodeling... Free Tools! ;-)

John

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
. com...
: Got a new range hood for the kitchen. I'm up in the attic trying to run
: the exhaust vent.
Snip lost tool story... but commenting on JG's finding tools, all I've ever
found in my current house was beer and 7-up bottles. Did a demo in an old
seaside bar in my younger days, still have pool balls, etc. Holes (from
fights?) patched by stuffing newspaper for backing. Some dated in the early
fifties..

Doug - other than installing, are you doing any of the hood construction?

I'm trying - www.nctimes.net/~pray/House.htm

Rick

In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
Got a new range hood for the kitchen. I'm up in the attic trying to run
the exhaust vent. There's a 2x6 cleat hanging over the top plate of the wall,
that's in the way of running the duct. No prob. I'll just split the excess off
with a chisel, right?

So I go down to the workshop... this is a rough carpentry job, so I pick up
one of the old beat-up Craftsman chisels and head back to the attic, where I
reach through the access door and lay the hammer and chisel down on the board
that I had previously laid across the joists, and climb through. As I step on
the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board, into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down inside
the wall.

Bye, bye.


Fishing time -- magnet on a string. no problem. grin

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:33:13 +0000,
(Robert Bonomi) calmly ranted:

In article ,
Doug Miller wrote:
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down inside
the wall.

Bye, bye.

Fishing time -- magnet on a string. no problem. grin

Or if it's fairly inaccessible, a simple drywall surgery session
wouldn't take more than half an hour, including location, scalpel
session, grafting, texturing, and painting--over the course of a day.


-- Friends Don't Let Friends Eat Turkey and Drive --

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
. com...


the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board,
into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down
inside
the wall.

Consider it a 'dorkers version of a Time Capsule.

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:59:40 GMT, "patrick conroy"
wrote:


"Doug Miller" wrote in message
.com...


the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board,
into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down
inside
the wall.

Consider it a 'dorkers version of a Time Capsule.

Some day it'll sell for $2000 on eBay. G

Barry

pray4surf wrote:

Snip lost tool story... but commenting on JG's finding tools, all I've
ever found in my current house was beer and 7-up bottles. Did a demo in an

I have a small fortune in collectible old fashioned Budweiser cans in my
walls and other out of the way nooks.

No wonder this house was built so poorly.

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"Silvan" wrote in message
...
pray4surf wrote:

Snip lost tool story... but commenting on JG's finding tools, all I've
ever found in my current house was beer and 7-up bottles. Did a demo in
an

I have a small fortune in collectible old fashioned Budweiser cans in my
walls and other out of the way nooks.

I recall cutting through a block wall in my parent's house and finding
Schafer beer cans... with can opener punched holes. Must be a 50s-60s thing.
;-)

In article , "pray4surf" wrote:


Doug - other than installing, are you doing any of the hood construction?

Nope, just installing an off-the-shelf Maytag unit.

I'm trying - www.nctimes.net/~pray/House.htm

You may be more ambitious than I am. What type of skin are you putting over
that?

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In article , wrote:

Fishing time -- magnet on a string. no problem. grin

Or if it's fairly inaccessible

It is. :-(

a simple drywall surgery session
wouldn't take more than half an hour, including location, scalpel
session, grafting, texturing, and painting--over the course of a day.

No drywall. Plaster. And of course I've already installed the base cabinets on
that wall, too.

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In article , "patrick conroy" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
.com...


the board, I jostle it slightly... and the chisel rolls off the board,
into
the soffit above the cabinets, bounces once, and drops seven feet down
inside
the wall.

Consider it a 'dorkers version of a Time Capsule.

Left one of those in our previous house, too... 1" spade drill bit that time.


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In article ,
"John Grossbohlin" wrote:

I have a small fortune in collectible old fashioned Budweiser cans in my
walls and other out of the way nooks.

I recall cutting through a block wall in my parent's house and finding
Schafer beer cans... with can opener punched holes. Must be a 50s-60s thing.

While rebuilding our bathtub surround wall I found a '50's-'60's looking
plaid cap - not a baseball style, more of a cylindrical shape with a
short bill. I examined it and then replaced it where I'd found it - I
figured, 'twernt mine to remove.

There was a story this summer here in the Portland, Oregon area about a
guy working on the ceiling of his c.1920's dining room. If I recall, he
had pulled the ceiling light and had enlarged the hole for some reason.
Stuck his head up there to take a look around and came face to face with
a human skull. After an investigation and forensic testing, it was
determined to be someone from a native NW tribe c.1800's. Perhaps grave
robbed and obtained in the days when such acts weren't unlawful. One of
the tribes accepted the skull and buried it after a ceremony.

--
Owen Lowe and his Fly-by-Night Copper Company
____

"Sure we'll have fascism in America, but it'll come disguised
as 100% Americanism." -- Huey P. Long

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
: "pray4surf" wrote:
:
:
: Doug - other than installing, are you doing any of the hood construction?
:
: Nope, just installing an off-the-shelf Maytag unit.
:
: I'm trying - www.nctimes.net/~pray/House.htm
:
: You may be more ambitious than I am. What type of skin are you putting
over
: that?
:

1/8" luaun ply followed by 1/4" drywall. - I'm at odds with what to cover
the exposed bottom...

Rick